this is "world news." tonight -- round two. the newest holiday storm hit. stretching from missouri to maine. the accidents tonight. the snow falling where there was already a foot or more. the latest trap, where it's haepding. ginger zee is standing by. on the edge. washington taking america right up to the fiscal cliff. three days now until higher taxes for all. will there be a deal? as americans and their 401(k)s already taking a hit. crash landing. . the jet that skidded off the runway nearly smashing into a crowded highway. back in the game. football coach's battle off the field inspired a major turnaround on it.

and tonight, he's about to return. >> you're like -- >> tomorrow, a team's prayer answered. good evening. we do begin here, with yet another holiday storm. the one-two punch this year, tonight, on a weekend when so many are still traveling, a challenge. here's the radar this evening. rain and snow. tonight, it's moving through the ohio valley right into the northeast from washington up through philly, new york and boston. one of the many scenes on the highways tonight. this is i-83 outside of harrisburg. already this evening the flight

cancellations are growing. more than 450 and counting. triggering a ripple effect as people travel for new year's. we begin with abc meteorologist ginger zee. ginger, good evening. >> good evening, david. it's blustery here in the city. in other places, they'll pick up 2 or 6 inches of snow. just wait. this is all on top of some spots that saw record numbers this week. as millions of us return from family gatherings or for new festivities, another snowstorm is thwarted our track. in king of push sha, they were skidding. near harrisburg, pennsylvania, two tractor-trailers crashed. slowing traffic to a crawl. the speed limit on about 300 miles of the pennsylvania turnpike was shaved to 45 miles per hour. hundreds of flights were

canceled. delays from philadelphia to those stranded at the airports. in scranton, pennsylvania. in yankee stadium, a sloppy mess for syracuse and byu in that pinstripe bowl. here in syracuse, another winter blast. no break from all of this storm. almost a foot fell on thursday and now a couple more inches falling today. we have our ruler here, about 12 inches of snow on the ground. now, we're used to snow syracuse. but we haven't seen this much on the ground in two years. >> reporter: for most, the snow is more than welcomed on their week off. like maggie a pup in berlin, new york. zblin credible snow on top of snow. ginger is back with us now. what kind of totals are we looking to add to what we're already seeing out there.

>> the numbers are so impressive. lot of places seeing easily 2 to 4 inches spread over. knox, pennsylvania, 8. salem ohio, had a half-foot. now the snow continues tonight into parts of new england and the brunt of it, the 8 to 12-inch area is going to fall in southern new england. that hot pink spot south of boston into eastern connecticut is where we think most of the snow will fall. >> ginger, we're about 20 blocks north of times square now, for new year's, what does it look? >> kind of like this. flurries. temperatures in the mid-20s. remember, too, icy roads tonight for those not getting a ton of snow. >> great warning there. ginger, thank you. the other storm swirling out there in washington, the one

ang angering americans across the country. tonight, three days to go before taxes go up for all americans. will the pressure on congress bring in a deal? let's bring in jon karl on this. >> a little closer, certainly not there yet. congressional leaders are making one last-ditch effort to get to a mini deal. with just three days left, finally a glimmer of hope. >> i'm hopeful and optimistic. >> whatever we come up with it's going to be imperfect. >> right now, it's in the hand of the two senate leaders. democratic harry reid and republican mitch mcconnell. they're working on a mini deal that would prevent a tax increase for roughly lly 98% of american workers.

what took so long? >> the american people are watching what we do here. obviously, their patience is already thin. this is deja vu all over again. >> reporter: the deal comes after the president met with the congressional leaders at the white house. his first such meeting in six weeks. even if mcconnell and reid come to an agreement, no certainty it will pass before the end of the year. extending tax cuts while doing nothing to curb spending or address the long-term deficit crisis. if they fail to pass a mini-deal, almost everyone's income taxes will go up. even if the income taxes are extended virtually all workers are due to see less in their paycheck as the temporary tax

increase is set to inspire. the prospects are quote not too promising they'll get to a bipartisan agreement to prevent everyone's taxes from going up. david? >> our chief white house correspondent jon karl. this waiting game is already affecting americans' 401 cans. the stock market, five straight losses. let's bring in bianna golodryga. >> take a look at what happened just the few days. the dow lost 158 points. for the week, down 252 points. david, it's real money. lost 3,000, $4,000. december is traditionally a good month for the markets. >> and for home sales. here's what the president had to say about that.

>> america wonder why it is, in this town for some reason, you can't get stuff done in an organized timetable. why everything has to wait until the last minute. we're now at the last minute. the economy is growing. the housing market is recovering. but that could be impacted if folks are seeing smaller paychecks. >> bianna what is about that momentum in the housing market, is that at risk? >> it is. take a look at a battered state like arizona, home prices went up 21%. all of that is at play right now if washington doesn't come up with a solution. >> bianna, our thanks to you as well tonight. a dramatic picture from overseas, a dangerous crash landing in moscow. skidding off the runway and coming close to a crowded highway. debris scattered all a i long the runway.

>> reporter: it began one man accidentally flipped off the sheet of ice and into the lake. the people you see in this video are members of a sledding excursion that went terribly wrong. >> an unbelievable amount of panic and chaos. >> reporter: one man goes to the ice's edge to try to help but then he falls in. and then one would-be rescuer after another tries to help only to plunge into the lake themselves in a chain reaction. a crowd gathers on shore. frantically screaming for help. >> call 911! >> five minutes after the first man went in, nearly a dozen of people are in the water as others throw ropes and inner tubes to no luck.

this man shooting the video was calling for help. finally, nine harrowing minutes into this ordeal on ice, everyone somehow manages to scramble out. amazingly this escapade on ice ended just fine. ron claiborne with the dramatic pictures from california. the mountains there. now we turn to those pictures from moscow. the flight was attempting to land at moscow's airport when it overshot the runway, broke through a barrier fence and finally skidded to a stop on the edge of a highway, the plane broke into three pieces and burst into flames, witnesses rushed to pull survivors from the wreckage. it was flying back from the czech republic with no passengers and just eight crew members onboard. four of them were killed including the pilot.

other four were seriously injured. the death toll could have been worse because that's a major highway. >> russia's air fatality rate is three times higher than the world's average. investigation has been opened up into today's crash. abc news, moscow. in chicago tonight, a stunning milestone to mark this year's end. 500 homicides in that city, near a record high, which they attribute to gang violence and illegal guns. in new york city, 414 murders. the lowest in 40 years. the mayor here michael bloomberg is making headlines when he talked about the crime numbers. one of the reasons of thefts is the iphone. >> it's part of an expending robbery epidemic, apple taking.

this survey vance video shows a thief sneaking up on her and putting her in a head lock. new york major michael bloomberg said that iphone thefts are single handedly driving up the city's crime rate. >> thefts of apple products, our total crime rate would be lower than it was last year. >> in new york city alone, iphone theft has spiked 30%.d. in washington, d.c., police told our pierre thomas, they make up 40% of all robberies. >> they target those who are more vulnerable, women, women with baby carriages. >> police have stepped up

awareness >> i really don't enjoy being stolen. >> reporter: they're registering cell phones so owners can be contacted. now if you want to protect yourself and your personal information, you can put a pass word lock on your phone. >> that gps tracking that's useful, they often wipe off. >> you can trace these phones. criminals the minute they turn it off, they can't turn it off. former president george h.w. bush is out of icu. this phone call he got from the country music star oak ridge boys. ♪ amazing grace ♪ how sweet that sounds

♪ >> you can see them singing into the phone there. we're told by his office that barbara bush requested the so song. much more ahead -- an internet scam to watch out for. messages from friends who need money. but watch out tonight. we're all having such a great year in the gulf, we've decided to put aside our rivalry. 'cause all our states are great. and now is when the gulf gets even better. the beaches and waters couldn't be more beautiful. take a boat ride or just lay in the sun. enjoy the wildlife and natural beauty. and don't forget our amazing seafood. so come to the gulf, you'll have a great time. especially in alabama. you mean mississippi. that's florida. say louisiana or there's no dessert. brought to you by bp and all of us who call the gulf home.

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now to our consumer watchdog tonight. internet scam this holiday season. fbi tonight with more than 150,000 stranded traveler complaints and here's abc's elisabeth leamy now. >> reporter: it came from halfway around the world. a frightening e-mail that landed in an abc producer's inbox. it looked like it was from a friend. >> my trip to manila, philippines, with muz family has been a mess. i was hit at the back of my neck with a club. was this real or a hoax? skeptical, our producer decided to play along. okay, don't worry. i think i can come up with a few hundred at least. we wired just 20 the con artist picked up the money within hours and complained.

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finally tonight here the nfl coach who inspired an entire team. facing his own battle off the team. they waited for him on it. tonight, we team up with our espn colleague rachel nichols for one triumphant return. chuck pagano faced heavy odds. the team fresh off an awful season. the new pick the rookie quarterback taking over for the departed peyton manning. the coach already facing so much pressure and then less a month in the diagnosis. the 52-year-old coach had leukemia. away from the field, pagano was facing tremendous hurdles of his own. the coach with our colleague rachel nichols. >> what were used to do? the simplest things that you couldn't do? >> getting out of bed, going to the restroom, brushing my teeth.

it physically tears you down to the point where, you know, you lose 20, 25 pounds, you know, you a trophied. >> the team playing for the team. the team's mantra chuck strong and the team began to win remarkably turning their record around. making it to the playoffs. and as the coach began to regain his strength, rare visits to the team. >> i'm dancing to two more wins. >> the messages from the champions offer the field. fellow survivor and i beat it. it can. you can beat it, too. >> i know i can. >> the constant checking from doctors of his blood count. >> kind of like scoreboard watching. like a coach. looking at your numbers. >> the doctor came in and he said, your counts are coming up to good.

i said, how were they? he said, good enough to go home. so, you're like -- it's like a day early. so, anyway, he said, what time is the game? i said, 1:00 today. he said you should be out of here by noon and make it home in time to see the game from home. so, that was big. that was awesome. it was a great day. it was a great day. >> a great day and tomorrow an even better one when the coach returns to the field and you can see more of rachel's interview with him tomorrow morning on "nfl countdown" 10:00 a.m. eastern on espn. "good morning america" first thing in the morning and i'll see you right back here for "world news" tomorrow night. good night.